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The Idea of Decline in Western History
Arthur Herman
“one of my top 10 books”
“there's an amazing book by arthur herman called the idea of decline western history i it's one of my top 10 books”— guest
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Revolution 1989: The Fall of the Soviet Empire
Victor Sebestyen
“the most beautiful book i've ever read”
“there's an amazing book called revolution 1989 it's like the most beautiful book i've ever read by victor sebastian”— guest
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Wrapped in Rainbows: The Life of Zora Neale Hurston
Valerie Boyd (inferred)
“can't recommend her enough”
“her biography is called um wrapped in rainbows it's just a masterpiece i like i think i read it one day can't recommend her enough”— guest
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The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom
James Burnham
“what books let's say three books would you recommend to others sure uh the machiavellians”
“the machiavellians by james burnham uh this is a book about how politics works in reality as opposed to how people imagine it working”— guest
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The Fountainhead
Ayn Rand
“it's by far the superior book”
“fountain head's a better novel fountainhead's superfluous if you read out the shrug first fountain heads about psychology and ethics it's by far the superior book”— guest
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A Renegade History of the United States
Thaddeus Russell
“this is such an important world view”
“thaddeus russell's book a renegade history of the united states his thesis is that it's the degenerates that give us all freedom”— guest
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The Righteous Mind
Jonathan Haidt
“we'll put height in there”
“no john jonathan height the righteous mind that's those are the four”— guest
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Dear Reader: The Unauthorized Autobiography of Kim Jong Il
Michael Malice
“he is the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il and the new right a journey to the fringe of american politics”— Lex Fridman
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The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics
Michael Malice
“the author of dear reader the unauthorized autobiography of kim jong-il and the new right a journey to the fringe of american politics”— Lex Fridman
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The White Pill
Michael Malice
“i am winning we're all winning we're winning on a daily this is my next book we're winning we've won before”— guest
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Ego & Hubris: The Michael Malice Story
Harvey Pekar (inferred)
“when they were working on my biography ego and hubris the title i had suggested was the little engine that could but shouldn't”— guest
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Ostracism
Kipling D. Williams (inferred)
“i read a book called ostracism and this wasn't scientific but basically the author was a psychiatrist at college”— guest
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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind
Gustave Le Bon
“gustav labon wrote a book in the 1890s called the crowd and this was one of the most important books i've written”— guest
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The Red Decade
Eugene Lyons
“there's a great book by eugene lyons called the red decade they all knew they every atrocity that was done under stalinism was excused”— guest
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A Course in Miracles
Helen Schucman (inferred)
“she was teaching something called the course in miracles in hollywood i think she still teaches it and this was during the 80s”— guest
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Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston
“she wrote their eyes were watching god a couple of other books she was just an amazing amazing figure”— guest
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Atlas Shrugged
Ayn Rand
“the headlines ahead which is a um i would say that shrug no if and if you read atlas shrug before reading the fountain head you're doing yourself an enormous disservice”— guest
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Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov (inferred)
“we can even wrap our heads around like reading lolita like okay she's 14 12. okay it's still a female an infant”— guest
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Mein Kampf
Adolf Hitler (inferred)
“they couldn't find a publisher from mineconf in english because this is a guy from some random minor party in germany spouting nonsense”— guest
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Secret Hitler
Goat Wolf & Cabbage (inferred)
“before hitler it's like the game secret hitler it's a board game before hitler becomes hitler”— guest
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Red Bull
Red Bull (inferred)
“i want to see what happens with this red bull and nitro there's a lineup of drugs this is gonna be so fun”— Lex Fridman
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